Book 2 Identity and Values: Study Tools

Dr. Jerome Lejeune – Dr. Jerome Lejeune was a French geneticist who became famous in 1958 when he discovered the Trisomy 21 genetic condition responsible for causing Down Syndrome. In the early 90s, Dr. Lejeune showed that a single-celled zygote, even before it implants in the mother’s womb, has a full, unique, individual human genetic code.

empirical – Able to be known through the five senses; known through observation and experience rather than through logic.

fertilization –

fertilized egg –

fetus –

human genome –

inferior – To be lower in quality or value.

legitimize – To sanction or to give something the “green light” or a “thumbs up.”

soul –

subordinate – To be under the power or authority of someone else.

transcendental – A reality that goes beyond physical reality.

zygote –